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@Mish gisting getiwi @ffies H. C. WISSEL, OF INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORTO HIMSELF AND H. F. SHRYOGK, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent N5. 81,318, dated August 18,1868.

IMPROVED BUCKLE.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CON CERN `Be it known that I, H. C. WISSEL, of Indiana, in the county of Indiana, and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and usc the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming partlof this speciication, in which l l Y .Figure 1 is an outer or face view of an invention shown applied to the straps, which it connects together. Y Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same taken in the line :v iig. 1. l

Similar letters of` reference indicate like parts. This invention relates to a newand improved buckle, designed. for bridles and other parts of harnesses, and also for other purposes.

The bbject of the invention is toconstruct a'buckle in such a manner that it may be applied without any stitching or sewing, and also without the aid of rivets or'other permanent fastening, and still be capable of being readily applied to'and detached from the straps which it joins or connects.

The frame A of the buckle is composed of a metal plate, a, which is provided with two metal loops, 6, one near each end. This frame may bc of metal, cast all in one piece, and at the centre of the plate a,a

. tongue, B, is secured, said tongucbeing fitted on n wire or rod, c, in an aperture in the plate @and allowed to work or turn freely on the wire or rod c, the tongue being sniiciently long to admitof its point end resting or bearing on one of the loops b.

C C represent the two straps which the buckle connects. The strap C is passed through the two loops twice, as shown clearly in iig. 2, so as to form a lcop,'d, in said strap, and the other strap, C', is inserted between the doubled parts of the strap G,.the tongue B passing through both parts or ends of the strap C, and also through the strap C l f By this arrangementhe buckle is made to connect the two straps C C together, and to secure itselfto the straps, no sewing, stitching, or special or permanent fastening of-any kind, beinrequired to secure thc buckle to either strap. The buckle may also be attached to and detached from the straps with the greatest facility.

The application of this invention to bridles and harnesses will materially diminish their cost, and, in addition to this advantage, it admits. of a person at any time, in case of a portion of a bridle or harness giving way,

applying a buckle thereto, to repair it in a moment of time, without any ditiiculty whatever.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A buckle, composed of a plate, a, provided with loops b and a tongue, B, all constructed and arranged to'operatc in the mannersnbstantially as and fcr the purpose set forth.

' H. C. WISSEL. Witnesses:

FRANK BLEIMER, G. MARSHALL. 

